WITANAGEMOT DEFEATED LOWELL FOR AMES PRIZE

The Witanagemot law club won the Ames Prize by receiving the decision over the Lowell club in the final round of the third-year competition in Langdell Hall last evening. L. M. Reiser 3L and U. E. Wild 3L presented the argument for the winning club which was the defendant in the case argued, while the losing team was composed of A. C. Reis 3L and C. E. Snow 3L. The case presented was, "The Danbury Hatter's Case as affected by the Clayton Act." A large crowd was in attendance to hear the very able arguments offered by both sides.

The decision was rendered by the following three judges: the Honorable William Caleb Loring '72, of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; the Honorable Frederic Dodge '67, of the United States Circuit Court, First Circuit; the Honorable William H. Sweetland, of the Supreme Court of Rhode island.

This contest marks the culmination of a series of elimination rounds among the seven third-year clubs which survived the second-year competition in 1915-16. As the winner of the Ames Prize, the Witanagemot club receives $200 and the Lowell club as runner-up gets the second prize of $100.

This year's elimination contest between the third-year clubs was begun by the George Grayt, Kent, Lowell, Thayer, and Witanagemot clubs on October 10.